Appeal No. 2004-1065
Application No. 09/883,804
said unitary body having a generally rectangular
planar plate, said plate having a principal surface,
said principal surface having a length and a width;
said plate having a perimeter defined by four
free edges of said plate, said four free edges each
being substantially co-planar with said plate;
said principal surface having a plurality of
openings defined by said plate, said openings forming
an array of columns and rows along said length and
width of said principal surface;
said unitary body further defining a plurality of
hollow tube shaped projections in register with said
openings and extending perpendicularly from said
plate; and
said plurality of openings providing passage into
said hollow tube-shaped protections;
wherein at least some of said hollow tube-shape
projections having closed ends opposite said openings,
said closed ends of said tube-shaped projections being
conical in shape.
33. The device recited in claim 32, wherein each
of said openings in said principal surface is
surrounded by an annular ridge.
The examiner relies upon the following references:
Cooke et al. (Cooke) 3,356,462 Dec. 05, 1967
Kessler 3,785,928 Jan. 15, 1974
Thorne 4,154,795 May 15, 1979
Litt 4,824,230 Apr. 25, 1989
Claim 32 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
obvious over Litt in view of Cooke and Thorne.
Claim 33 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Litt in view of Cooke or Thorne and further in
view of Kessler.
On page 3 of the brief, appellant states that the claims
stand together. We, therefore, need only consider claim 32 in
this appeal. 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) and (8)(2003).
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